Overly convinced of one's own superiority and importance

• arrogant

  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Full of or due to unwarranted pride and self-importance; overbearing; haughty
  3. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:

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  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Full of or due to unwarranted pride and self-importance; overbearing; haughty
  3. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:

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• haughty

  1. Having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
  2. Scornfully and condescendingly proud.
  3. (Archaic) Lofty; noble

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  1. Having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
  2. Scornfully and condescendingly proud.
  3. (Archaic) Lofty; noble

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• high-and-mighty

  1. Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
  2. (Idiomatic) Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.

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  1. Marked by arrogance; haughty and overbearing.
  2. (Idiomatic) Overbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.

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• insolent

  1. Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
  2. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
  3. (Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.

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  1. Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
  2. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
  3. (Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.

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• lofty

  1. Elevated in character; exalted.
  2. High, tall, having great height or stature
  3. Idealistic, implying over-optimism

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  1. Elevated in character; exalted.
  2. High, tall, having great height or stature
  3. Idealistic, implying over-optimism

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• lordly

  1. Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
  2. Of, like, characteristic of, or suitable to a lord
  3. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

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  1. Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
  2. Of, like, characteristic of, or suitable to a lord
  3. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

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• overweening

  1. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
  2. 1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy
  3. Arrogant; excessively proud

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  1. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
  2. 1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy
  3. Arrogant; excessively proud

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• prideful

  1. Arrogant; disdainful.
  2. Highly pleased; elated.
  3. (Chiefly Scotland, North America) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.

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  1. Arrogant; disdainful.
  2. Highly pleased; elated.
  3. (Chiefly Scotland, North America) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.

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• proud

  1. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
  2. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth:
  3. Majestic; magnificent:

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  1. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
  2. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth:
  3. Majestic; magnificent:

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• supercilious

  1. Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
  2. Disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty

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  1. Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
  2. Disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty

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• superior

  1. Of a higher nature or kind.
  2. Greater in number or amount than another:
  3. Higher than another in rank, station, or authority:

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  1. Of a higher nature or kind.
  2. Greater in number or amount than another:
  3. Higher than another in rank, station, or authority:

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Tending to dictate

• authoritarian

  1. Tending to tell other people what to do in a peremptory or arrogant manner.
  2. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom:

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  1. Tending to tell other people what to do in a peremptory or arrogant manner.
  2. Characterized by or favoring absolute obedience to authority, as against individual freedom:

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• bossy

  1. Decorated with raised ornaments.
  2. Given to ordering others around; domineering.
  3. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

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  1. Decorated with raised ornaments.
  2. Given to ordering others around; domineering.
  3. Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.

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• dictatorial

  1. Of or pertaining to a dictator
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.
  3. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others

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  1. Of or pertaining to a dictator
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a dictator or dictatorship; autocratic.
  3. In the manner of a dictator, usually with callous disregard for others

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• dogmatic

  1. Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma.
  2. Asserting or insisting upon ideas or principles, especially when unproven or unexamined, in an imperious or arrogant manner:
  3. Characterized by such assertion, often with an unconsidered rejection of criticism:

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  1. Relating to, characteristic of, or resulting from dogma.
  2. Asserting or insisting upon ideas or principles, especially when unproven or unexamined, in an imperious or arrogant manner:
  3. Characterized by such assertion, often with an unconsidered rejection of criticism:

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• domineering

  1. Arrogant; overbearing; tyrannical
  2. Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
  3. Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

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  1. Arrogant; overbearing; tyrannical
  2. Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
  3. Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian

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• imperious

  1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
  2. Overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
  3. Urgent; pressing:

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  1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
  2. Overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
  3. Urgent; pressing:

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• magisterial

  1. Sedately dignified in appearance or manner:
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master or teacher; authoritative:
  3. Showing or having the skill or knowledge of a master; expert

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  1. Sedately dignified in appearance or manner:
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a master or teacher; authoritative:
  3. Showing or having the skill or knowledge of a master; expert

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• masterful

  1. Having or showing the ability of a master; expert; skillful; masterly
  2. Acting or capable of acting as a master or leader, especially in being domineering or imperious:
  3. Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-a-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering.

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  1. Having or showing the ability of a master; expert; skillful; masterly
  2. Acting or capable of acting as a master or leader, especially in being domineering or imperious:
  3. Having or showing the qualities of a master vis-a-vis a dependent or subordinate; authoritative; domineering.

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• peremptory

  1. Final; conclusive; positive; incontrovertible. In a jury selection, each side is permitted a certain number of peremptory challenges for which no explanation is necessary. A peremptory trial date may be set so as to assure a speedy trial. Final; conclusive; positive; incontrovertible. In a jury selection, each side is permitted a certain number of peremptory challenges for which no explanation is necessary. A peremptory trial date may be set so as to assure a speedy trial.
  2. That cannot be denied, changed, delayed, opposed, etc., as a command
  3. Subject to no further debate or dispute; final and unassailable:

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  1. Final; conclusive; positive; incontrovertible. In a jury selection, each side is permitted a certain number of peremptory challenges for which no explanation is necessary. A peremptory trial date may be set so as to assure a speedy trial. Final; conclusive; positive; incontrovertible. In a jury selection, each side is permitted a certain number of peremptory challenges for which no explanation is necessary. A peremptory trial date may be set so as to assure a speedy trial.
  2. That cannot be denied, changed, delayed, opposed, etc., as a command
  3. Subject to no further debate or dispute; final and unassailable:

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Haughty

• arrogant

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• proud

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• insolent

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Autocratic

• despotic

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• oppressive

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• dictatorial

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